The Jewish Song

Date & Time

Sat, May 24, 2025, 15:00

Venue

Konserthuset Stockholm, The Main Hall (Stockholm)

Finnish-Swedish Moses Pergament (1893–1977) was a prominent and well-known figure in the music scene, active both as a composer and as a music critic for Svenska Dagbladet, but sadly now largely forgotten. He was born into an Orthodox Jewish family in Helsinki but moved to Stockholm in his twenties.The Jewish Song was composed towards the end of the Second World War, while the Holocaust was still ongoing and becoming increasingly revealed. The texts are taken from two of Ragnar Josephson's... Read full text

Keywords: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Vocal Music

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Musicians

Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra
Tobias Ringborg	Conductor
Agneta Eichenholz	Soprano
Kjetil Støa	Tenor
Eric Ericson Chamber Choir

Program

Den judiska sången

Moses Pergament

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